220 men. John William Norie wrote, "This may be considered as one of the most brilliant and gallant exploits in naval history." On 5 March Eclair sighted a schooner sailing towards La Hayes, Guadeloupe, where she could shelter under the guns of the battery there. Eclairs master, Mr John Salmon, and the surgeon, Mr John B. Douglas, and 10 men volunteered to take a boat and form a boarding party. As their boat entered the harbour both the vessel and the battery opened fire on them. Still, they managed to board and capture the schooner in ten minutes. In capturing her they killed five of her crew of 50 and wounded ten, while suffering no casualties of their own. The wounded included the captain and four men that jumped overboard. The battery continued to fire on the boarding party as they towed and rowed out their prize using sweeps. The schooner turned out to be the privateer Rose, which was armed with one long brass 9-pounder gun and had provisions for a three-month cruise having only just set out. On 25 June 1804, Eclair captured a Swedish galliot carrying French passengers and property. In August Eclair captured the French sloop Try again, which was carrying provisions. In December 1804 Eclair was under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Beckett, after Carr had transferred to in October. In 1805, Eclair was under the command of Lieutenant George James Evelyn, in the Leeward Islands. On 5 April he recaptured the English ship Heroine, from London, and her cargo of dry goods. Eclair and shared in the capture, on 25 November, of the schooner, Henrietta Adelaide. On 9 June 1807, off Point Cedar, Eclairs cutter, with six men under the command of a midshipman, captured a Spanish armed rowboat. After an hour's heavy fighting the ten-man crew of the rowboat escaped ashore. On 20 July Eclair was in company with and when they captured Comet. Also in 1807, Eclair encountered the French three-masted privateer schooner Felicité. Evelyn captured her prize, and then brought the privateer to action. During the engagement Eclair had one man killed and four wounded, including Evelyn, before Felicité was able to escape. Almost a year later, on 20 June 1808, Eclair captured Franchise, another rowboat privateer. Franchise had 23 men on board, armed with small arms. On 27 November, Eclair captured Fair American. On the same day she and captured